On a day reserved for celebrating the heroes of one of America’s darkest chapters, the man charged with leading the nation’s defense apparatus did the only thing he seems capable of doing in public — praising his boss and bashing Iran.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had a simple task at Friday’s Pentagon ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 al-Qaeda attacks on the Pentagon as well as the World Trade Center and United Flight 93: Remember the dead, honor the survivors, re-tell the story of that horrific day.
